Carlos Drummond de Andrade

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” A poesia é incomunicável.

Fique torto no seu canto.

Não ame.”

Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Literatura brasileira

Literatura brasileira em diálogo com outras literaturas e outras linguagens. William Roberto Cereja, Thereza Cochar Magalhães. 5 ed. reform. São Paulo. Atual, 2013

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Santarém, Pá 21 de maio de 2023

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Street Art in Köln

Senioren um die Welt

“Street Art” der unterschiedlichsten Art kann man in Köln an vielen Orten sehen, an Häusern, an Laternenpfählen, an Mauern, auf Straßen, auf Garagentüren und vielem mehr. Bei einigen der Bilder handelt es sich um wirklich schöne und kreative Kunstwerke, es gibt aber auch andere, die wenig ansprechend sind. Eine sehr abwechslungsreich und bunt gestaltete Mauer sieht man in Köln an der Amsterdamer Straße, sie trennt eine ruhige Wohnsiedlung von der viel befahrenen Straße und bildet einen erfreulichen Anblick, wenn man die vielen Meter von der Straßenbahnhaltestelle zu der Wohnsiedlung entlanggeht. Einige der Bilder auf der Mauer sollen eine Botschaft vermitteln, die meisten sehen jedoch für den Betrachter einfach nur bunt und schön aus, denn sie bringen viel Farbe und Abwechslung in das sonst eher eintönige Straßenbild.


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Street art

De malinha pronta

You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.

Jack London

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A work of art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t art at all.

Paul Cézanne

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Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.

Ray Bradbury

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You can’t use up creativity. The more the you use, the more you have.

Maya Angelou

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Review of The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero, by Joel S. Baden

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   Today has rolled back around to lesson plan set number 63 of 67, by the way.  Now, back to our book review:

     I found Baden’s work both impressive and disturbing. Although I’ve always known that King David had to have been a ruthless person to achieve what he achieved, the very human cost of that and even whether it was worth it is now front and center for me. The fact, if true, that the biblical editors in fact deliberately revised history to clear his name is reprehensible. While I can understand the perceived need to do so, it is still not justified. Yet the beauty and value of books like Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes (yes, the authorship is traditionally attributed to King Solomon, but…), The Book of Job, all remain. And even that text that we have to struggle with is valuable for the struggle, but…

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Four Freedoms??? Hmmmmm … 🤔 | Filosofa’s Word

There are, I think, four freedoms we can glean from the Republican program.

There is the freedom to control — to restrict the bodily autonomy of women and repress the existence of anyone who does not conform to traditional gender roles.

There is the freedom to exploit — to allow the owners of business and capital to weaken labor and take advantage of workers as they see fit.

There is the freedom to censor — to suppress ideas that challenge and threaten the ideologies of the ruling class.

And there is the freedom to menace — to carry weapons wherever you please, to brandish them in public, to turn the right of self-defense into a right to threaten other people.

Source: Four Freedoms??? Hmmmmm … 🤔 | Filosofa’s Word

Stopped and Started

Kaushal Kishore

It is very difficult for people past the age of sixty or seventy to express how they feel about themselves and others. But when they do speak, it is their experience that deserves to be heard, and emulated by others, regardless of age.

I share the sentiments of a senior citizen as follows:

*I have stopped bargaining with vegetable sellers, fruit vendors and taxi drivers, who work so hard to earn a living. Giving a few more bucks will not make much difference in my pocket, but it can help the poor fellow to save for their children’s school fees or parents’ medicines.

*I have stopped telling the person who tells the same story over and over again. Maybe he is trying to relive the past.

*I have stopped correcting people even when they are wrong. The world does not rest on my shoulders. Peace is more precious to me…

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The Jamaican Government “celebrates” the 75th anniversary of the Windrush

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The Government of Jamaica is embarking on a “celebration” of the departure of the HMT Empire Windrush from Jamaican shores, carrying over 1,000 passengers, more than half of them Jamaican and the remainder from Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, and other countries. The Windrush dropped anchor in Tilbury, Essex, UK on June 21, 1948. The well-dressed passengers were full of hope for a better life; we have seen the photographs of their eager young faces.

As Iwrote for Global Voices just five years ago, the legacy of the Windrush has been a painful one. The UK Guardian is to be commended for its persistent, in depth coverage of the issue, and you may find a collectionof their stories here. Please also read my friend Dr. Anne Bailey’s thoughts on the Windrush here. What is “home”?

A flyer showing a planned calendar of events to commemorate "Windrush 75" (May 23 - June 22, 2023) in Jamaica.

But is this really a Foreign Affairs issue for diplomats? Is it, indeed…

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